Posted by Captain Willow Taylor (Commanding Officer) in Main sim - secondary sickbay

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Drake chuckled. “Good luck getting a response out of him. He’s a sullen, queasy, teenager.”

Cai for his part scowled further. “Yeah? Well better that than an egotistical laser scalpel jockey.” He retorted. Then looked at Mel. She would read the level of fear and anxiety he was feeling in this surrounding and that he was trying hard not to let it show, hence the grumpy. “Yes. Thank you, Mrs Reez.” He said suddenly all proper manners.

“Just Mel, is fine by me,” she said with a wink and a gently smile. “Mrs. Reez is my mom, but only if you want death glares…”

“Ok. What I’m going to do is fairly simple. I’m going to give you a painkiller, then set the bones with this.” He held up a bone knitter. “Then I’m going to do a soft tissue scan. It’s already clear that things are damaged and inflamed, but I need to see if there’s any nervous damage. Depending on the results of the scan, we’ll decide how to proceed.” He administered a painkiller. So gently, the hypospray was barely noticeable.

“It’s probably still going to feel strange, given the nature of the fractures.” And with that, Drake started rebuilding Melaia’s wrist and arm.

-Dr Drake Marshall

Cai

Melaia couldn’t help but chuckle. “Oh, this is hardly my first go-round in Sickbay, trust me.” She eyed Marshall. “Bet you didn’t know I was a Starfleet officer not all that long ago and had four pips to my name as well, did you? I’ve been battered, bruised and sent into surgery on more than one occasion. Some fractures aren’t nearly as dramatic as some of the stuff that I’ve had happen.”

~Melaia Reez, Scientist